THE RISE OF SPIRITUALITY AND FALL OF DOGMA
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"What is dogma? Dogma is a preconceived idea which forbids human 
beings to outstep the limits of that idea or object. In this 
situation the human intellect cannot freely function. Some people 
say, "All right, we may not get the maximum utilization of our 
intellect, yet we can have at least ten to twenty percent of its 
services." My considered opinion is that where there is dogma, even 
ten to twenty percent of the human intellect cannot be properly 
utilized; and the meagre amount of intellect used is not something 
worthwhile. The greatest treasure of human beings is their psychic 
faculty, or their intellect. When I cannot utilize this precious 
intellect to its fullest advantage -- what more tragic situation 
could there be than this! So we need the liberation of the human 
mind, and even before this we need the liberation of the human 
intellect. 

Let me further explain what dogma is. Suppose the intellect wants to 
follow a particular path; in the meantime dogma comes from all sides 
and forbids it, "Oh no, no! Don't take a single step further on that 
side. If you do, you'll be burnt in eternal hell-fire. You'll be 
doomed to hell for eternity." When the intellect wants to make the 
fullest utilization of mundane wealth, dogma comes in and says, as 
it were, "Oh no -- you must not do it. It is harmful for human 
beings, it is sheer blasphemy. It will lead to the degradation of 
humanity."" (LIBERATION FROM STATICITY, NEOHUMANISM IN A NUTSHELL 1, 
A Few Problems Solved Part 4, 28 January 1980)

To overcome dogma it is necessary to realise the trifarious nature 
of human beings.

"Now human expressions are trifarious -- physical expression, 
psychic expression and spiritual expression. The spiritual 
expression is the highest and subtlest expression of human 
existence. And here lies the speciality of humans. In the physical 
stratum each and every human being is special. Nobody is just like 
others. Even in a small family, brothers and sisters vary from one 
another. No two face-cuttings are the same. On the psychic level 
humans are divided into several kinds of ideologies, and they fight 
amongst themselves, just for ideology, and ideology remains in some 
sphere of abstraction, and they quarrel amongst themselves. They 
quarrel regarding religion, regarding different isms with different 
views, regarding sports. One person will say, "My team will win," 
while another will say, "But my team can fight" -- in football or 
any other sport. And there was one very important play in Spain, 
toros or something like that -- "bullfighting". People were very 
much interested in it, and they, the fans, used to fight amongst 
themselves, and it is not a physical fight, it is a psychic fight. 
But in the realm of spirituality there cannot be any fight, because 
the Supreme Goal is one, a singular entity.

So spiritualism, rather spirituality, is not only the highest and 
noblest human speciality, but is the only unifying point, the only 
unifying platform, for the entire human society. There may be so 
many human races